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pork barrel: somebody smarter explain this TPA shite that just got passed
Posted on 7/2/15 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 7/2/15 at 5:45 pm
I've tried to piece it together from different articles ive read on the internet but I dont watch news. I have a handful of fb friends that are raving like lunatics about the US forfeiting sovereignty to international corporations etc. The only thing ive really learned from snooping around is what it takes to buy an american politician these days. Just when I think I cant hate these motherfrickers anymore
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Contributions to House members from forces favorable to Obamatrade outnumbered those from those opposed by a factor of 8.6 times, $197,869,145 to $23,065,231. The differences were even more stark in the Senate, with a total of $285,225,162 in financialincentives being meted out from supporting groups and only $27,569,149 from the opposition, over ten times as much. There were 32 House members with over a million dollars in contributions and many who were just below that threshold. In the Senate, only five Senators were below the one million dollar mark, and two of those, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) voted no, and against betrayal of their country.
The formula in the House seems fairly simple, at least as far as rewarding those in leadership positions. Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) got a cool $5 million and change, Mike McCarthy (R-CA) half that at $2.4 million, and Steve Scalise (R-LA) half again at $1.2 million. For Paul Ryan, the price of American sovereignty was $2.2 million.
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In the Senate the picture is even uglier, and much more blatant. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “acquired” $9.2 million, John Cornyn (R-TX) $5.3 million and Orrin Hatch $4.2, the third member of the Senate trio of traitors forcing this upon us.
Marco Rubio pocketed $3.9 million for voting to tie us to a bill he never read, with his fellow presidential candidate Lindsey Graham “earning” $3.4 million.
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 5:53 pm
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 5:52 pm to Chef Leppard
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pork barrel:
I completely forgot about that board.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 6:22 pm to Chef Leppard
I specifically ask for smart people. and I get spanky
this board
this board
Posted on 7/2/15 at 7:37 pm to Chef Leppard
You might be putting the cart in front of the horse on this one.
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The money came first, in campaign contributions. That money must be spent on campaigning. It's strictly regulated and oversight is strict. It's not like those guys are putting that money in their personal bank accounts. Could they be laundering money from their campaign? Sure, and if they get caught, they get buttfricked. They are already rich, the risk is too great for most of them to pocket that money personally.
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Special interests give money to politicians that align with their goals. They want those politicians elected. This is obvious. If a pro-life group gives $ to a pro-life republican, and the politician votes against some planned parenthood thing, is it because of the donation or did he get the donation because he's pro-life? See where I'm going with this?
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Almost everything in Congress that gets voted on has results straight down party lines. All the republicans vote one way, all the democrats vote the other. There may be one or two random guys who switch sides on that vote. It has nothing to do with campaign contributions. It has to do with the party platform and leadership in each party.
The crooked shite that should piss you off is actual pork barrel politics. Do you know what "pork" means in political terms?
1.
The money came first, in campaign contributions. That money must be spent on campaigning. It's strictly regulated and oversight is strict. It's not like those guys are putting that money in their personal bank accounts. Could they be laundering money from their campaign? Sure, and if they get caught, they get buttfricked. They are already rich, the risk is too great for most of them to pocket that money personally.
2.
Special interests give money to politicians that align with their goals. They want those politicians elected. This is obvious. If a pro-life group gives $ to a pro-life republican, and the politician votes against some planned parenthood thing, is it because of the donation or did he get the donation because he's pro-life? See where I'm going with this?
3.
Almost everything in Congress that gets voted on has results straight down party lines. All the republicans vote one way, all the democrats vote the other. There may be one or two random guys who switch sides on that vote. It has nothing to do with campaign contributions. It has to do with the party platform and leadership in each party.
The crooked shite that should piss you off is actual pork barrel politics. Do you know what "pork" means in political terms?
Posted on 7/2/15 at 7:48 pm to Chef Leppard
It's been going on for so many years. American politicians serving the interests of foreign nations.
Remember when Bill Clinton received large campaign contributions from the Chinese Red Army.
Craig Unger's book, House of Bush, House of Saul, documented $1.4 billion dollars that the Saudi royal family and the Bin Ladens have paid to Bush family corporate interests and foundations.
Our politicians are always for sale to the highest bidder.
Remember when Bill Clinton received large campaign contributions from the Chinese Red Army.
Craig Unger's book, House of Bush, House of Saul, documented $1.4 billion dollars that the Saudi royal family and the Bin Ladens have paid to Bush family corporate interests and foundations.
Our politicians are always for sale to the highest bidder.
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